In recognition of the 35th anniversary of National Travel and Tourism Week, May 6 – 12, 2018, the City of Prescott and the Prescott Chamber of Commerce on Monday, May 7, launched the Prescott Heritage Trail with a presentation and ribbon cutting at the trail’s starting point, just outside the Chamber’s visitor center -- 117 W. Goodwin St., in downtown Prescott.

Guardians concerned for her safety

A 16-year-old girl named Rylee Krueger is being sought by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO). She reportedly ran away from her home in the 3000 block of Highway 89 in Prescott sometime after 9 p.m. Thursday, May 10, according to a YCSO news release.

Wind-driven fire chars 54 acres of grassland; no structures damaged

A wildland fire along Fain Road in Prescott Valley was declared contained as of 1 p.m., Monday, May 14. The wind-driven blaze charred about 25 acres of grassland south of Fain Road before crews were able to stop its progression.

The Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) responded to two fires in Paulden and Dewey at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10 and at about 4 a.m. Friday, May 11, according to a news release from CAFMA Fire Marshal Rick Chase.

Saturday, May 12, is the U.S. Postal Service Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, a day when letter carriers and volunteers in more than 10,000 cities and towns around the country, including here in the Quad Cities, will collect food donations left out for them at the mailbox.

A wildland fire just north of Prescott Valley forced the communities of Poquito Valley and Antelope Meadows to be evacuated early Friday afternoon, but as of 6:30 p.m., residents in those areas were being allowed back into their homes.

4 homes reportedly on fire in blaze near Prescott Valley

As a wildland fire near Prescott Valley rages on, the communities of Poquito Valley and Antelope Meadows are now under mandatory evacuation, and four homes reportedly have caught fire due to the blaze.

A 12-year-old boy crossing Lakeshore Drive in Prescott Valley was struck and seriously injured on Monday, May 7, by a vehicle that allegedly left the scene, according to Sgt. Rob Brown, Prescott Valley Police Department traffic section supervisor.

A woman recently reported to the Prescott Valley Police Department that she had given an unknown man $1,500 for a vehicle she had found for sale on Craigslist, according to a news release from the department.

Victim took pill believed to be laced with fentanyl

Officers with the Prescott Valley Police Department (PVPD) are believed to have helped keep an overdose victim alive until emergency medical personnel could take over in the resuscitation of the victim.

Area police on high alert

Distracted driving caused the driver of a white sedan to plow his vehicle into the newly constructed roundabout on Highway 89 in front of the Phippen Museum late Sunday night, April 29, according to a Prescott Police Department report.

Gas from burner fills 100 block of South Cortez Street

Several adjoined buildings along the 100 block of South Cortez Street in downtown Prescott were evacuated by the Prescott Fire Department (PFD) Monday morning, April 30, when occupants of the buildings reported smelling gas.

Returned home this morning

Landing gear collapses; no injuries

Two passengers of a Cesna airplane declared an emergency while flying above the Prescott Municipal Airport Sunday afternoon, April 29. The aircraft’s gear indicator light would not show that the landing gear was down.

Young adult career and job fair set for May 16
The 2018 Young Adult Job Fair, for ages 16-24, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at Yavapai Juvenile Justice Center Lawn Area, 1100 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott.

Cause under investigation

At 3:19 a.m. Thursday morning, April 26, Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire in Dewey on Manzanita Blvd, according to CAFMA officials. The first arriving crew found a 1000 square foot manufactured home already about 50 percent involved in fire.

Many of Joseph James DeAngelo’s longtime neighbors in the Sacramento County, California, neighborhood where he lived said they were accustomed to the old man’s loud fits of rage over the small irritants of daily life, like his misplaced car keys.

Chalk It Up! Prescott set for April 22
Chalk It Up! Prescott is a free, family-friendly and community-centered, chalk-art festival, intended to cultivate creativity in people of all ages and abilities while raising funds and awareness for mental health, crisis-intervention and substance-use treatment services supported by the West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation.